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president obama today said the republican spending cuts are too harsh. >> let's use a scalpel, let's not use a machete. >> reporter: his veto threat came on paper this evening, hours after he suggested real disagreements with house republican leaders. house republicans, as you know, want to start cutting now, cutting this year's budget. >> i think it is important to make sure that we don't try to make a series of symbolic cuts this year that could endanger the recovery. >> reporter: but the president did not issue his veto threat on camera then, as he could have. he wanted the message of the press conference to be that he's ready for an adult conversation with republicans about reducing the deficit and taking on entitlement programs. >> this is a matter of, everybody having a serious conversation about where we want to go and ultimately getting in that boat at the same time so it doesn't tip over. >> reporter: entitlements, social security, medicare, medicaid and other programs, have ballooned to a full 57% of the budget today. the president's proposed budget makes no serious effort
president obama today said the republican spending cuts are too harsh. >> let's use a scalpel, let's not use a machete. >> reporter: his veto threat came on paper this evening, hours after he suggested real disagreements with house republican leaders. house republicans, as you know, want to start cutting now, cutting this year's budget. >> i think it is important to make sure that we don't try to make a series of symbolic cuts this year that could endanger the recovery....
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president obama, in the last 24 hours, calling for a transition period that begins now. but not overtly calling for mubarak to step down. the people here behind me are. this morning, they remain determined here. protesters who want mubarak to step down even before september. fueled by what they consider a victory. angry mobs are gone. the violent clashes on hold, at least for now. what do you want to achieve? >> i want to be a doctor. >> reporter: you want to be a doctor? >> yes. >> reporter: and we walk freely across the bridge, where demonstrators for mubarak, just 48 hours ago, were hurling rocks, stopping drivers and journalists. on day 12, so many have spent their days and their nights here. others continue to come back. what keeps you coming back? why are you here again today? >> actually, nothing has been changing. everything is the same. the system is the same. every day, we have promises. but nothing actually changes. >> reporter: you are a student, a young actress here. you've been here every day from the beginning. what is your hope now on day 12? >> my hope h
president obama, in the last 24 hours, calling for a transition period that begins now. but not overtly calling for mubarak to step down. the people here behind me are. this morning, they remain determined here. protesters who want mubarak to step down even before september. fueled by what they consider a victory. angry mobs are gone. the violent clashes on hold, at least for now. what do you want to achieve? >> i want to be a doctor. >> reporter: you want to be a doctor? >>...
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. >>> and president obama is now downplaying expectations that the muslim brotherhood would have a major role in whatever new government takes shape in egypt. in an interview with fox news channel's bill o'reilly, the president looked at egypt's options. >> what i want is a representative government in egypt, and i have confidence that if egypt moves in an orderly transition process, that we'll have a government in egypt that we can work with together as a partner. >> also from egypt, a top google executive who went missing there is expected to be released to his family this afternoon. the google marketing manager had been detained since he took part in anti-government protests late last month. a colleague was negotiating his release. >>> back in this country, two young men are under arrest after a shooting rampage at a frat party in ohio. it happened at a house off campus near youngstown state university. police say the two men were asked to leave the party but returned and open fire. one student was killed and 11 others were injured. one victim, a 17-year-old, is now in critical condit
. >>> and president obama is now downplaying expectations that the muslim brotherhood would have a major role in whatever new government takes shape in egypt. in an interview with fox news channel's bill o'reilly, the president looked at egypt's options. >> what i want is a representative government in egypt, and i have confidence that if egypt moves in an orderly transition process, that we'll have a government in egypt that we can work with together as a partner. >> also...
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president obama weighs in on the future of a country in revolt. >>> former defense secretary donald rumsfeld breaks his silence in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer about his decisions to go to war and what brought him to tears. >> so, is that your favorite ad, or was it this one? ♪ >> from the babies to bud light, justin bieber to eminem. the super bowl commercials that kept everyone glued to their sets. >>> good morning, everyone. george and i both picked the steelers, but the packers were guaranteed. >> we knew they were underdogs. >> oh, we're having crow for breakfast. down to the wire, the packers holding on to win their fourth super bowl over the steelers. they also won nine nfl championships prior to all of that the vince lombardi is going back to green bay. and in just a minute, we'll talk to the winners. >> plus, some of those fans. >>> and a dramatic close call from an american airlines jumbo jet and two military planes here in new york. and it was a very, very close call, only about 200 yards apart. and whistle-blowers come forward with very serious charges. that is just
president obama weighs in on the future of a country in revolt. >>> former defense secretary donald rumsfeld breaks his silence in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer about his decisions to go to war and what brought him to tears. >> so, is that your favorite ad, or was it this one? ♪ >> from the babies to bud light, justin bieber to eminem. the super bowl commercials that kept everyone glued to their sets. >>> good morning, everyone. george and i both...
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on one side president obama. >> let's use a scalpel. let's not use a machete. >> reporter: on the other side, republicans who want deeper cuts. many of them using the same talking points. >> he punted. >> he just punted. >> he punted. >> reporter: the president issued a veto threat on a house republican bill he says cuts too much. it came hours after he called for cooperation on the budget. >> this is a matter of everybody having a serious conversation about where we want to go and then ultimately getting in that boat at the same time so it doesn't tip over. >> i've been inviting the president to have that conversation since he took office two years ago. >> reporter: on capitol hill it's become the first major confrontation of the new congress with newly empowered republicans. >> over the last two years since president obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. and if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. >> maybe so be it for him but not so be it for the people who are losing their jobs.
on one side president obama. >> let's use a scalpel. let's not use a machete. >> reporter: on the other side, republicans who want deeper cuts. many of them using the same talking points. >> he punted. >> he just punted. >> he punted. >> reporter: the president issued a veto threat on a house republican bill he says cuts too much. it came hours after he called for cooperation on the budget. >> this is a matter of everybody having a serious conversation...
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president obama's budget allocates $130 million this year and sharon chin explains where all that money would go. >> reporter: construction plans to extend bart from this southernmost station in fremont to berryessa stay right on track thanks to a grant from the federal government. >> it's great news, getting a full funding grant agreement will allow us to move ahead. >> reporter: the federal transit administration has recommended the long-awaited bart extension get $130 million in federal funding this year. that's a big step in later securing an additional $900 million in federal money so the line can open in 2018. some regular bart riders look forward to the south bay expansion. >> i don't have a vehicle. so i think it's great. >> it means beating the traffic. because i know it's congested on those freeways. >> reporter: federal transit officials' recommendation for funding is an about-face from 2000 when they refused to recommend money for bart's extension, in 2004. the project was said to be too expensive then and the valley transportation authority could not afford to run the train
president obama's budget allocates $130 million this year and sharon chin explains where all that money would go. >> reporter: construction plans to extend bart from this southernmost station in fremont to berryessa stay right on track thanks to a grant from the federal government. >> it's great news, getting a full funding grant agreement will allow us to move ahead. >> reporter: the federal transit administration has recommended the long-awaited bart extension get $130...
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obama weighed in. the first lady weighed in on the pervasive parental anxiety about social net working, making it plain on the "today" show that her daughters wouldn't be hitting the facebook frontier any time soon. >> i'm not a big fan of young kids having facebook. so, it's not something they need. >> reporter: of course, malia is only 12. technically, kids need to be 13 to have social networking accounts. >> the great thing about the first lady's comments was it was very clear that she understood that preteens should not be using facebook. >> reporter: a recent pew survey found that 93% of teens between 12 and 17 are online. and 73% do use social networking sites like facebook. but a lot of parents worry that 13, even 14, is too young. an abc news poll last year, found most parents think 15 an appropriate age. but a sizable minority, 43%, say social networking sites aren't appropriate at all for kids under 18. carrie lee is one of those parents. she's told her 16-year-old daughter no for years. >> s
obama weighed in. the first lady weighed in on the pervasive parental anxiety about social net working, making it plain on the "today" show that her daughters wouldn't be hitting the facebook frontier any time soon. >> i'm not a big fan of young kids having facebook. so, it's not something they need. >> reporter: of course, malia is only 12. technically, kids need to be 13 to have social networking accounts. >> the great thing about the first lady's comments was it...
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and the obama administration saying the egyptian government has agreed to the demands. by doing that they're basically saying, look it's not enough in private you have done this. they are upping, ratcheting up the rhetoric, and losing patience. >> they are ratcheting up the rhetoric. yet, christiane, a lot of egypt's neighbors, including israel, not wanting the u.s. to push too hard for mubarak to go immediately. >> it's a terrible dilemma. the u.s. is facing it and the rest of the region is facing it. what do we do if egypt collapses or goes chaotic, then that could have an effect around the region. and you see in the report, you see they're trying to ride the fine line. >> that's what you're seeing a balancing act by the protesters by the egyptian government all at the same time. >> but the protesters are clear. we want democracy. >> thank you very much. >> when christiane came in this morning, we in the back surrounded her. and wanted to hear every story. as you said, remarkable ten days you had there. >> fascinating. a phenomenal story, which obviously has captured
and the obama administration saying the egyptian government has agreed to the demands. by doing that they're basically saying, look it's not enough in private you have done this. they are upping, ratcheting up the rhetoric, and losing patience. >> they are ratcheting up the rhetoric. yet, christiane, a lot of egypt's neighbors, including israel, not wanting the u.s. to push too hard for mubarak to go immediately. >> it's a terrible dilemma. the u.s. is facing it and the rest of the...
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. >>> and president obama travels to cleveland today. he's planning to address business owners and students to share his latest outlook on unemployment. >>> and finally this half hour, businesses use mascots in front of their stores to get attention but one houston, texas, mascot got a little too much attention. >> this poor guy. he was just doing his job when somebody crept up behind him and tackled him in the mascot outfit. ktrk has more about this attack that was really no laughing matter. >> have a cold? no, thanks i've already got one. >> reporter: brody uses a little comedy to entice visitors in this furniture store on weekends. it wasn't too funny when he was attacked during his shift saturday. >> felt like a truck hit me. >> reporter: he was working from 2 to 5 saturday in front of this furniture store on i-45. >> people driving by, just stopping by, want to see what the bird's about and whatnot. >> reporter: right as his shift was ending, someone attacked him from behind, sending him and his furry costume tumbling to the ground.
. >>> and president obama travels to cleveland today. he's planning to address business owners and students to share his latest outlook on unemployment. >>> and finally this half hour, businesses use mascots in front of their stores to get attention but one houston, texas, mascot got a little too much attention. >> this poor guy. he was just doing his job when somebody crept up behind him and tackled him in the mascot outfit. ktrk has more about this attack that was...
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regardless of what president obama has said about egypt, mubarak says he's not listening. he says he has never succumb to international pressure. rob and vinita. >>> and abc news has you covered from the white house to egypt's presidential palace. we'll have more live reporting on this crisis later on "america this morning" and "good morning america" with instant updates, of course, at abcnews.com. >>> what you heard from leon panetta in john hendren's report, he also issued a warning yesterday about increasing computer attacks. he said the next pearl harbor could be a cyber attack and claimed hackers could paralyze u.s. with malicious computer activity. >>> interesting political news this morning, donald trump stirred up a conservative conference in washington by suggesting that he may seek the republican presidential nomination. the real estate mogul and reality tv star sure sounded like a candidate when talking about trade and spending. he said the u.s. has become the laughingstock of the world. >> if i run and if i win, this country will be respected again. this countr
regardless of what president obama has said about egypt, mubarak says he's not listening. he says he has never succumb to international pressure. rob and vinita. >>> and abc news has you covered from the white house to egypt's presidential palace. we'll have more live reporting on this crisis later on "america this morning" and "good morning america" with instant updates, of course, at abcnews.com. >>> what you heard from leon panetta in john hendren's...
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barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on reelection . just six reveal that every forty minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners but with a lack of adequate protection hundreds of thousands of victims and suffering the abuse in silence. now in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide bombing at the depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport spoke earlier with the man behind the grad auto theft series now because sorry about the line between violent video art and reality. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of a moslem students to not. be running one thousand seven hundred demonstrators in the american embassy there. are teams sitting down with the man behind this video game one nine hundred seventy nine revolution as well as many more director producer and writer of documentaries and video games for over fifteen years as well as the mastermind of the groundbreakin
barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on reelection . just six reveal that every forty minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners but with a lack of adequate protection hundreds of thousands of victims and suffering the abuse in silence. now in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide...
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this week, president obama unveiled his proposed 2012 budget. his goals are cutting the deficit and stimulating job growth. in a one-on-one interview with white house senior advisor valerie jarrett, she says america's place in the global economy is also paramount. >> we want to be able to out innovate, out educate, out build the rest of the world. our competitions no longer here between democrats and republicans. our real competition is global. the president says, let's get rid of programs that don't work also invest in the future. and what's the biggest impact on women, children, families, the biggest single impact in your view of the president's budget? >> as you know i chair the white house council on women and girls, it was created by president obama to make sure that every single federal agency was focusing on what it could do to improve the lives of women and girls. the president's budget in every department touches the lives of women and girls so there isn't a single impact, it's everything from investing in early childhood education to i
this week, president obama unveiled his proposed 2012 budget. his goals are cutting the deficit and stimulating job growth. in a one-on-one interview with white house senior advisor valerie jarrett, she says america's place in the global economy is also paramount. >> we want to be able to out innovate, out educate, out build the rest of the world. our competitions no longer here between democrats and republicans. our real competition is global. the president says, let's get rid of...
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president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says his administration is preparing a full range of options in response. in christchurch, new zealand, rescue workers say no more survivors have been found overnight. 17 -- 71 people are known to have died. there have been violent clashes between the police and protesters and the greek capital of athens. police fired tear gas and stun grenades. protesters hurled petrol bombs from athens, we have this. >> it did not take long for violence erupts -- to erupt, marking the first nationwide strike of the year. yet the protesters prepared an arsenal of petrol bombs and hurled volley after volley at riot police. skirmishes broke out in several regular battlegrounds, especially outside the university where police were taunted and an constitution square, outside parliament. several people were not fast enough to escape the pentagon's. they suffered minor burns. -- several people were not fast enough to escape the petrol bombs. police applauded the air with teargas and stun grenades. that t
president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says his administration is preparing a full range of options in response. in christchurch, new zealand, rescue workers say no more survivors have been found overnight. 17 -- 71 people are known to have died. there have been violent clashes between the police and protesters and the greek capital of athens. police fired tear gas and stun grenades. protesters hurled petrol bombs from athens, we have this. >> it did not take long for...
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most people attracted to power are at best mediocre, which is obama or vino which is bush. [laughter] the question is how do we stop the powerful from doing as much damage as possible. and that, you know, there was after the self slaughter of world war all of the dreams of human progress being achieved through social movement shattered. it was a great deal of despair, and there was a book, in the aftermath of the board it took down this 90 believe that we were going to create a utopian or christian society on earth. and the liberal church never recovered from that. by anger toward the liberal church comes over the issue of the christian right. i have a problem with wallace, by the way, because i can -- you know, i have read the bible. as closely as jim wallace has. i can tell you that it is utterly inconsistent. there are passages that are morally repugnant and to somehow deified that book, which will list does, i just find that kind of thing intellectually bankrupt and frightening. there are many ways to achieve the moral life. every society, every religion produces valian
most people attracted to power are at best mediocre, which is obama or vino which is bush. [laughter] the question is how do we stop the powerful from doing as much damage as possible. and that, you know, there was after the self slaughter of world war all of the dreams of human progress being achieved through social movement shattered. it was a great deal of despair, and there was a book, in the aftermath of the board it took down this 90 believe that we were going to create a utopian or...
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by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send humans into space according to obama's plan responsibility will go to private companies which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low earth orbit they know that they have a big step to take when they if they're thinking about putting humans into space and that's going to take a you know the next phase of their development so i have a oh gosh i. can't even estimate exactly no one can say for sure when the private american companies will come up with a new spaceship for years to come it will be the russians so use that's going to be the only means for people to reach the international space station which is perfectly fine with the leaders of russia and the u.s. but doesn't sit well with many americans how could this how. we could make it to the moon first build this wonderful equipment and then. and now we're we're reduced to being passengers on a russian ship and that's that's sort of it's a wounded pride thing wounded pride revealed itself in comments by some american lawmakers astronaut scientists
by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send humans into space according to obama's plan responsibility will go to private companies which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low earth orbit they know that they have a big step to take when they if they're thinking about putting humans into space and that's going to take a you know the next phase of their development so i have a oh gosh i. can't even estimate exactly no one can say for sure when the...
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president obama described the violence as outrageous. he said his administration was looking at a full range of options for dealing with the crisis. >> we strongly condemn the use of violence in libya. the american people send our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all who have been killed and injured. the suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and unacceptable. so are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of libya. these actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. the violence must stop. >> we will get some analysis from our correspondent in washington, but first a report from eastern libya, the scene of fierce fighting between likely armed protesters and colonel khadafy's forces. >> government buildings ablaze in eastern libya. this area is not completely under opposition control. militiamen direct traffic. shops and businesses are closed. but local people are still delighted to be rid of colonel gaddafi's rule. at an airfield in the northeast of th
president obama described the violence as outrageous. he said his administration was looking at a full range of options for dealing with the crisis. >> we strongly condemn the use of violence in libya. the american people send our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all who have been killed and injured. the suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and unacceptable. so are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of libya. these actions...
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and as why the obama administration sees it go brought any serious results if not what could be the reasons i was a little disappointed for a year or so i am now encouraged i think now that we're beginning on a much more positive course. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward in terms of renewing a co-operative since the. nuclear cooperation agreement along twenty three agreement as we call it is now in force and i think the the warmth between the two and the progress we've made together with respect to iran for example and i think even on afghanistan there is a sense that we both there we have a common problem there common of the export of export of her one so those things. are leading and i feel good about the reset right now why were you disappointed then did you feel that those two little happening yes yes i thought that i thought the language of reset was good but but there didn't seem to be much follow through for a time and now it just took time to catch more but now i feel very good about it since you've already mentioned starts what is its p
and as why the obama administration sees it go brought any serious results if not what could be the reasons i was a little disappointed for a year or so i am now encouraged i think now that we're beginning on a much more positive course. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward in terms of renewing a co-operative since the. nuclear cooperation agreement along twenty three agreement as we call it is now in force and i think the the warmth between the two...
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. >>> president obama sends congress his 2012 budget plan tomorrow. a proposal that includes more than $1 trillion in cuts. that may sound like a lot but republicans are saying it falls short. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house to tell us more about this. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there's been a bipartisan calm over the capital since last year and lasting through the crisis in egypt. but with big budget and spending fights looming next week, all that is about to change. even as the obama budget was being readied for release this weekend the president warned it will reveal some painful choices on spending. >> it cuts what we can't afford to pay for what we cannot do without. that's what families do in hard times. and that's what our country has to do as well. >> reporter: today, top officials said the plan will put a dent in now record debt and deficits. >> we have a responsible budget that will cut in half the deficit by the end of the president's first term. >> reporter: the plan would freeze domestic spending for five yea
. >>> president obama sends congress his 2012 budget plan tomorrow. a proposal that includes more than $1 trillion in cuts. that may sound like a lot but republicans are saying it falls short. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house to tell us more about this. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there's been a bipartisan calm over the capital since last year and lasting through the crisis in egypt. but with big budget and spending fights looming next week, all that...
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president obama said the u.s. will formally recognize southern sudan as a sovereign independent state in july. >> a moment of history in the capital of a country about to split-two. the head of the referendum condition confirmed 98.8% of southerners have chosen independence. the motion was too much for some to take. -- the e motion was too much for some. there had been fares -- fears this would be a trigger for war. instead praise came in from barack obama and the mediator--- mediator in sudan -- >> resolve any differences that may arise exclusively by peaceful means. >> earlier in the day the president met his old enemy. the president promised the south would be allowed to secede. >> we have the results today. we warmly welcome them because they express the wish of the people of the south. >> so a new country will be born. their independence will not happen until july. before then, there will be tough negotiations in the disputed area on oil and citizenship. southern sudan will be unstable and northern sudan's ec
president obama said the u.s. will formally recognize southern sudan as a sovereign independent state in july. >> a moment of history in the capital of a country about to split-two. the head of the referendum condition confirmed 98.8% of southerners have chosen independence. the motion was too much for some to take. -- the e motion was too much for some. there had been fares -- fears this would be a trigger for war. instead praise came in from barack obama and the mediator--- mediator in...
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he was president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden what critics say it is simply a poison to rule big business. and now the shocking statistics reveal that every fourteen minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners. eleven am here in moscow this is our welcome to the program we can leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he's threatening to bring a libel action against the guardian newspaper which helped release america of war logs and secret diplomatic cables obtained by ricky weeks assad is understood to be angry at claims in a book at the newspaper published about the website well the book says saundra believe that informants mentioned in leaked war documents would deserve it if they were killed as a result of the leaks and us are has found out this is not the only thing the guardian has done to cause cracks in their relationship with the sarge. they were bedfellows in exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now we keep leak
he was president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden what critics say it is simply a poison to rule big business. and now the shocking statistics reveal that every fourteen minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners. eleven am here in moscow this is our welcome to the program we can leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he's threatening to...
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president barack obama has unveiled his fiscal budget plan for 2012. he wants to slash 1.1 trillion over the budget in the next decade. the president's proposal will have to be approv by congress in the plan will face a long and tough battle amid resistance from both republicans and democrats. the world's largest mobile phone fare is under way in the spanish city of barcelona. the smart phones are the stars of the show. and rightly so. more smart phones are being sold worldwide than personal computers. >> sony ericsson is hoping to win game lovers. google's mobile operating system. >> android is an open system. and we are happy that we can use it. wheat and talking developers that what to launch their games. >> anyone can develop applications and games. they offer a felon with -- phone with 3dcapabilities. the company is focusing on cooperation with microsoft. >> our message to the customers is that we have an opportunity to deliver the highest quality experience between the device, the applications, and the services that surround them. the culmination
president barack obama has unveiled his fiscal budget plan for 2012. he wants to slash 1.1 trillion over the budget in the next decade. the president's proposal will have to be approv by congress in the plan will face a long and tough battle amid resistance from both republicans and democrats. the world's largest mobile phone fare is under way in the spanish city of barcelona. the smart phones are the stars of the show. and rightly so. more smart phones are being sold worldwide than personal...
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it is astonishing to me that we have not seen president obama waited on this. but there was ever a case of arab state people in our country stepping up and saying, we demand more freedom, this is in it. it deserves his support. the u.s. has a lot of leverage and the world to mobilize international pressure on behalf of the libyan people. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> outside the foreign ministry here in berlin, lydian protesters on wednesday staged a show of solidarity with the opposition in their home country. demonstrators called on the european union and the german government to take concrete steps against libya. they want the international community to freeze muammar gaddafi's assets. they also want a no-fly zone over libya. in saudi arabia, the king has a $25 billion social nefits planned for his citizens. he was greeted with an elaborate welcome ceremony. he pledged perret's is, unemployment benefits, and affordable housing. the benefit comes as other arab nations are being rocked by popular protests over poverty, corruption, and
it is astonishing to me that we have not seen president obama waited on this. but there was ever a case of arab state people in our country stepping up and saying, we demand more freedom, this is in it. it deserves his support. the u.s. has a lot of leverage and the world to mobilize international pressure on behalf of the libyan people. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> outside the foreign ministry here in berlin, lydian protesters on wednesday staged a...
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this was america's position from the very beginning in his conversations with mubarak president obama strongly recommended that president mubarak step down before september because mubarak said initially he would step down in september that was leaked to the me. and reported by several u.s. newspapers gets at the same time it was clear that the us found itself between a rock and a hard place on one hand it had to maintain its image of a country that supports democratic revolutions the riots in egypt were democratic not islamic there were no islamic slogans no green flags all people wanted was to put an end to corruption and to allow normal economic growth to develop. the primary protest was against the regime so the us had to maintain his image by supporting the riots is on the other hand they had to do all they could to retain their influence in egypt and other countries the us strongly relied on the barracks regime in egypt and on ben ali's regime engine is here so they were looking for a way out of this predicament at first they hoped that general suliman would remain in power this
this was america's position from the very beginning in his conversations with mubarak president obama strongly recommended that president mubarak step down before september because mubarak said initially he would step down in september that was leaked to the me. and reported by several u.s. newspapers gets at the same time it was clear that the us found itself between a rock and a hard place on one hand it had to maintain its image of a country that supports democratic revolutions the riots in...
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a week ago when obama delivered all those passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy with analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely supported and financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but in other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have the same leverage libya has the richest proven oil reserves in africa it is the twelve largest oil exporter in the world experts say it is very hard to predict who will take power if gadhafi is ousted washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states market off he never was their favorite leader of us for sure but seven years ago he agreed to open up or leave years old or oil riches to the west and let them invest in oil production so they kind of left him alone but now with protests spreading like wildfire is across the region the u.s. seems to have little control over what's
a week ago when obama delivered all those passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy with analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely supported and financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but in other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have the same leverage libya has the richest proven oil...
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well as the united states tries to lessen its deficit there's one place the obama administration does not want to make any major cuts and that's its defense spending with thousands of military bases around the world the u.s. needs its taxpayers' money to support them because often reports. bad. home they are signs of american power and might. military bases spread all over the world just how many apparently too many to count what i've read of. thousands that means that u.s. bases are cycles and. while there is more than we just can't be sure but what we can be sure about is that the us defense budget is now about the same as no it's harry spending in all other countries combined and since nine eleven military and security expenditures have soared by one hundred and nineteen percent military expenditures in faraway places like new zealand colombia and japan and have you ever heard of the marshall islands khwaja an atoll specifically well the united states is there too and some locations serve dual purposes like kuantan i'm obey and they're all sustained by hundreds of millions of dolla
well as the united states tries to lessen its deficit there's one place the obama administration does not want to make any major cuts and that's its defense spending with thousands of military bases around the world the u.s. needs its taxpayers' money to support them because often reports. bad. home they are signs of american power and might. military bases spread all over the world just how many apparently too many to count what i've read of. thousands that means that u.s. bases are cycles...
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has its wings clipped with the last flight of discovery channels are to be decommissioned soon under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them until . they look back at the week's top stories in the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow the un security council has slapped sanctions on libya's leader moammar gadhafi and ordered an investigation into crimes against humanity following the bloodshed in the country of the one thousand people have been killed in almost two weeks of the uprising against the regime correspondent peter oliver is keeping a close developments in the region. the u.n. security council voted unanimously to impose these sanctions on the gadhafi regime that they'll take the form of a travel ban against colonel gadhafi himself as well as others close to him an asset freeze on khadafi and is in a circle a sixteen names on this list is also an arms embargo will be placed upon libya now the resolution it was brought forward by france the u.k. germany and the united states also contains a referral to the hague to the inte
has its wings clipped with the last flight of discovery channels are to be decommissioned soon under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them until . they look back at the week's top stories in the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow the un security council has slapped sanctions on libya's leader moammar gadhafi and ordered an investigation into crimes against humanity following the bloodshed in the country of the one thousand people...
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before he was elected, president obama said it was the policies of his predecessor that helped to make the u.s. more of a target and you have this situation where they have said that the white house is as much of a target as it was after 9/11. >> have we seen a difference in the types of security? >> no word of any increased security measures but of course, there has been many changes in security all over the arrests -- all over the u.s. and a security checks that people have to go through when they fly and this sort of thing. that is likely to continue. >> a colombian hostage has been reunited with his family after 19 months in captivity. the hostage was handed over at a secret location. he is one of five hostages that the hostages have promised to release. -- that the rebel group has promised to release. >> marcos baquero stepped off of the helicopter and into the arms of his family. he was one of the of hostages to the group had wanted to trade for imprisoned rebels. >> of the loneliness. knowing that my family was suffering. there are many other people going through the same thing,
before he was elected, president obama said it was the policies of his predecessor that helped to make the u.s. more of a target and you have this situation where they have said that the white house is as much of a target as it was after 9/11. >> have we seen a difference in the types of security? >> no word of any increased security measures but of course, there has been many changes in security all over the arrests -- all over the u.s. and a security checks that people have to go...
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wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery the shuttles are to be commissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on the russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. broadcasting around the world from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. the u.n. security council has unanimously agreed sanctions against the libyan leader moammar gadhafi and his loyalists and has ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity after attacks on protesters opposed to the regime over a thousand have died in nearly two weeks of unrest procrit often groups have been confronting rebels and now in control of large areas of the country including that the city of zawiya thirty miles west of the capital tripoli the opposition wanting to end could out these forty one year rule have appointed former justice minister mustafa abdel julio to head a provisional government he has expressed frustration at the lack of support from other nations as good off these forces attempt to suppress the popular uprising was a brutal violence more than one hundred thousand peopl
wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery the shuttles are to be commissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on the russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. broadcasting around the world from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. the u.n. security council has unanimously agreed sanctions against the libyan leader moammar gadhafi and his loyalists and has ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity after attacks on...
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president barack obama seems to be trying to win over wall street by asking them to help tackle corporate tax with his appointment of high profile business leaders to government positions it has many questioning where his loyalties lie and whether what's good for business is really good for americans to arches lauren lyster has more. for two decades jobs and dollars have flown out of the us and across the pacific meanwhile the american people have suffered high unemployment and a diminished standard of living looking for someone to blame politicians point to asian countries on the rise seemingly at america's expense the american people have also borne the brunt of china's mercantile trade policies which promote trade surpluses to cheap exports based upon an artificial depreciation of china's currency overlooked in washington is the us corporate jungle it's become the elephant in the room this is not the explain to the american working class into the american middle class d. or both destined to oblivion because of all this is decided by corporate boards inside the us which are now global c
president barack obama seems to be trying to win over wall street by asking them to help tackle corporate tax with his appointment of high profile business leaders to government positions it has many questioning where his loyalties lie and whether what's good for business is really good for americans to arches lauren lyster has more. for two decades jobs and dollars have flown out of the us and across the pacific meanwhile the american people have suffered high unemployment and a diminished...
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in washington, president obama sided with the demonstrators and accused iran of hypocrisy. >> i find it ironic you have the iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in egypt, when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened to egypt by gunning down and beating a people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in iran. >> reporter: but it's not just iran. revolts are spreading across the region, including to u.s. allies. in bahrain, base of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet, protesters clashed with security forces for a second day. two demonstrators have been killed, including one shot at a funeral. the king of bahrain said he would investigate the shootings. bahrain has already promised to pay every family in the country $3,000. a gift from the kingdom. yemen, a poor country on the tip of the arabian peninsula can't afford such beneficence. small but relatively violent protests continued in yemen for a fifth day today. like in egypt, yemen's demonstrators want to topple their president of three decades, accusing him of corruption. but yemen is already
in washington, president obama sided with the demonstrators and accused iran of hypocrisy. >> i find it ironic you have the iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in egypt, when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened to egypt by gunning down and beating a people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in iran. >> reporter: but it's not just iran. revolts are spreading across the region, including to u.s. allies. in bahrain, base of the...
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president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a bird a walk critics say it is simply a ploy to big business. you're watching r t one pm here in moscow welcome to the program now we can leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over his sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he is threatening to bring a libel action against the guardian newspaper which helped release american war logs and a secret diplomatic cables obtained by wiki leaks well i saw it is understood to be angry a claims in a book the newspaper published about the whistle blowing website the book says a song believed that informants mentioned in the leaked war documents would deserve it if they were killed as a result of the leaks and us r.t.s. or and that has found out this is not the only thing the guardian has done to cause cracks in their relationship with a song. they were bedfellows in exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now we keep leaks in the guardian of rapidly falling out of love and it's turning nasty in the original ag
president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a bird a walk critics say it is simply a ploy to big business. you're watching r t one pm here in moscow welcome to the program now we can leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over his sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he is threatening to bring a libel action against the guardian newspaper which helped release american war logs and a secret diplomatic cables...
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try to cut them off either president obama after pushing to regulate the business community has taken to embracing it on here in the interest of being more neighborly he wants to befriend the u.s. chamber of commerce if we had brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in we would have gotten off to a better start making up for lost time he appointed a j.p. morgan wall street executive to be his chief of staff. and he tapped the c.e.o. of america's fourth largest corporation to head as council on jobs and competitiveness that's jeff immelt of general electric i'm confident that they'll generate good ideas about how we can spur hiring educate our workers to compete in the twenty first century and attract the best jobs and businesses to america rather than seeing them spring up overseas but optimism can overcome reality what's good for a company like g.e. isn't necessarily what's good for america and that goes for any company but staring powerful corporate money and interests in the face you don't hear the president saying that this guy's running for reelection nor the mainstream media
try to cut them off either president obama after pushing to regulate the business community has taken to embracing it on here in the interest of being more neighborly he wants to befriend the u.s. chamber of commerce if we had brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in we would have gotten off to a better start making up for lost time he appointed a j.p. morgan wall street executive to be his chief of staff. and he tapped the c.e.o. of america's fourth largest corporation to head as council...
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this americans are baffled by obama's new space program which they feel and the reins to russians in the race to the plants. the founder of the wiki leaks website julian assange is to appeal a london court decision to extradite him to sweden on sex charges which were earlier dropped saying he won't get a fair trial he also believes the court proceedings in stockholm will bring him closer to prosecution in america in connection with a vast leak of top secret u.s. diplomatic files artie's kalen ford looks at the case and why many think it has more to do with politics than justice. when julian assange emerged less than a year ago with this video. showing u.s. troops going down an armed civilians into reuters journalist video games he was lauded as a hero of transparency. and anti war ally a human rights defender r.t. america interviewed his sons on the day of collateral murders release and what keeps people and more people of civilization as we understand how the world actually works. in the form of spirit used to get information out about the real world. a comment on the different. sou
this americans are baffled by obama's new space program which they feel and the reins to russians in the race to the plants. the founder of the wiki leaks website julian assange is to appeal a london court decision to extradite him to sweden on sex charges which were earlier dropped saying he won't get a fair trial he also believes the court proceedings in stockholm will bring him closer to prosecution in america in connection with a vast leak of top secret u.s. diplomatic files artie's kalen...